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Well he was a top player, and retired. He got second in the US Open one year. Probably was a hair better than Sky Woodward is today.

That's a good point... supporting that the ref must thinking he must shoot away.

Just so weird...he played TOP level pro pool for 10 years. You'd think when he started he would have asked about the differences.

The local ref was called over by Pongers and made a determination that the balls were frozen and then made the foul call. In fact, the...

Karl's problem is that he grew up with snooker and UK pool, which use different definitions. Karl never bothered to learn the rules of...

I don't think there is anything wrong with the pool or snooker version for dealing with frozen balls. Its just what each evolved to to...

It is the rule already. If Marcel was actually applying the rule (instead of deciding he can’t overturn the other ref’s call) then he...

It's true that most players have only a vague notion of what the rules say. Even most pros don't know all the rules, including for...

If you are not allowed to shoot towards a frozen ball, what other rule do you propose? Like snooker, where you must shoot away?

Check out the video clip above by Mike Page for what a push shot looks like at pool. Many people use push shot and double hit...

Marcel did not rule it as a foul. Marcel declined to overturn the ruling of the ref at the table. They do not have video review.

Right. Karl is like many others and he's using the same term "push" to mean "double hit". Crazy how so many players don't know the...

The Pongers' shot was very clearly not a push shot. It's not a matter of doubt.

Karl was first declared a tool when he called a foul on Shannon Daulton at the US Open after the rack was won. 10 years before anyone...

one pocket is a lot like driving a dragster (the long skinny kind) fun to do but disgusting to watch.